DENVER, Colo. Livestock
producers from throughout the
country will travel to Washington,
D.C. June 23-26 to meet with
members of Congress and Clinton
administration officials about con
centration in the livestock sectors
and other areas impacting their in
dustry, such as transportation and
credit.
National Farmers Union’s
(NFU) legislative fly-in is aimed
at focusing attention on the eco
nomic crisis facing livestock pro
ducers. Many cattle producers
have seen their market prices drop
by as much as 50 percent over the
past two years.
‘This grassroots fly-in will en
able livestock producers to direct
ly communicate their concerns
and ideas for change with U.S.
lawmakers and rule makers,” said
NFU President Leland Swenson.
“NFU has long held that the con
centration of livestock processing
companies is detrimental to pro
ducer prices and provides no price
advantage for consumers.”
According to the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, four compan
ies now account for 87 percent of
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all red meat slaughter and process
ing. By comparison, these four
firms had roughly 70 percent of all
red meat business in the early
1980 s. In addition, data from the
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration show
that 300 feedlots account for 82
percent of all marketing transac
tions, 89 percent of packer-fed
transactions, and 56 percent of
forward contracts.
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release of a report by the U.S. De
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21-member Advisory Committee
on Agricultural Concentration.
Fly-in participants are expected to
voice their support for recom
mendations within the report
which they believe will enhance
economic opportunities for live
stock producers.
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and more accurate information on
the farm-to-retail price spread,
and enhancement of cooperative
and bargaining entities to improve
economic returns for independent
producers. Farmers Union is also
supportive of recommendations to
maintain competitive transporta
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portation Board, where there is
little or no competition.
Special attention will also be
drawn to the committee’s minority
report which calls for the prohibi
tion of packers from feeding live
stock, termination of loans on for
mula contracts as presently consti
tuted, and value-based pricing
based on verifiable market factors
outside the control of the packer/
buyer and applied uniformly to
producers.
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